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Boldly Go, Issue 3 is the 3rd issue of IDW Publishing's second series of the ongoing Star Trek comics set in the Kelvin timeline.

Description[]

The hit new ongoing STAR TREK series continues as Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Endeavour face an enemy unlike any they’ve faced before… but an enemy all-too-familiar to STAR TREK fans!

Summary[]

The Borg have arrived. Their first encounter with Starfleet ended in the destruction of the USS Concord and the capture of most of its crew, including Captain Clark Terrell. The Endeavour, captained by James T. Kirk, arrived to rescue survivors but was warned by the Borg not to interfere. The Borg sphere then departed on a course for Romulan space...

Within Romulan space, ten light years from the Neutral Zone border, the Borg sphere destroys a Romulan fleet as punishment for failing to provide "The Outlier". On the Federation side of the Zone, the Endeavour waits for word from their superiors only for Valas to theorize that the Borg destroyed the subspace relays. Just as James T. Kirk is about to order the ship into the Neutral Zone, Spock and Nyota Uhura arrive in their Vulcan spacecraft. Though far from ideal circumstances from a reunion, the Endeavour soon warps off in pursuit of the Borg.

On Quirina VI, two Romulans attempt to make sense of the last messages sent by the destroyed fleet before the Borg sphere arrives and commences an orbital bombardment. Aboard the Endeavour, Spock and Valas have discovered the Borg ships function as a unified whole, meaning there are no critical systems to be targeted. When asked what the Borg desire, Spock reveals his hypothesis that they are in fact searching for the Narada. By comparing scans of the Narada to scans of the sphere, Spock and Uhura have found that the ships "speak the same language" before they further theorize that the Borg detected the arrival of the Narada in their timeline but unable to find the craft, they are attacking the Romulans in an attempt to discover how the craft was built.

On Quirina VI, the Borg continue to assimilate Romulans before they discover the blueprints of the Narada and demand the Romulans explain how the craft was built. Upon the Endeavour's arrival, Ellix attempts to beam the Concord survivors aboard but fails to break through the sphere's shields. Detecting Clark Terrell's lifesign on the surface, Kirk leads an away team (with the addition of Spock) to confront the Borg.

The Romulans desperately attempt to explain the Narada's origins to the Borg before the Endeavour crews beams in. When Kirk orders an attack, however, it is revealed the Borg has adapted to Starfleet phasers. The following fight is both short and one-sided with an Andorian ensign perishing and Borg nanoprobes being injected into Spock. Valas only just manages to save Kirk from sharing the latter's fate and the survivors of the away team are beamed back to the Endeavour where Kirk can only offer an apology to Uhura.

Aboard the Borg sphere, Spock's assimilation begins.

To be concluded...

References[]

Characters[]

EllixGroffusJames T. KirkLeonard McCoyMurciaSpockHikaru Sulu Clark TerrellNyota UhuraValasZahra

Starships and vehicles[]

Borg sphereUSS EndeavourIRW PorcrisVulcan battleshipunnamed Romulan starships
Referenced only
Narada (the Outlier)

Races and cultures[]

BorgHumanRomulanTellariteVulcan

Locations[]

Quirina VIRomulan Neutral Zone
Referenced only
Romulus

States and organizations[]

FederationStarfleet

Science and classification[]

assimilationsubspace relay station

Other references[]

alternate timelineBorg Incursion of 2263subspace

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Images[]

Covers[]

Related stories[]

Connections[]

Stories set in the Kelvin timeline
comics When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate ChallengeNero (1234) • Starfleet Academy (12345) • Star Trek Movie Adaptation (123456) • IDW Star Trek: Volume 1 (Where No Man Has Gone Before: 1, 2The Galileo Seven: 1, 2) • Volume 2 (Operation: Annihilate: 1, 2Vulcan's Vengeance: 1, 2) • Volume 3 (The Return of the Archons: 1, 2The Truth About Tribbles: 1, 2) • Volume 4 (1314Mirrored: 1, 2) • Volume 5 (17181920) • Countdown to Darkness (1234) • Volume 6 (After Darkness: 1, 2, 324) • Volume 7: The Khitomer Conflict (1234) • Khan (12345) • Volume 8 (Parallel Lives: 1, 2I, Enterprise!: 1, 2Lost Apollo: 1, 2) • Volume 9: The Q Gambit (123456) • Volume 10 (Behemoth: 1, 2Eurydice: 1, 2, 3Volume 11 (The Tholian Webs: 1, 2Deity: 12Flesh & Stone) • The Spectrum War (123456) • Live Evil (123) • Reunion (12) • Legacy of Spock (1234) • Connection (12) • Manifest Destiny (1234) • Stranger Worlds (123456) • Boldly Go: Volume 1 (123456) • Volume 2 (789101112) • Volume 3: IDIC (123456)
novels Star TrekStarfleet Academy (The Delta AnomalyThe EdgeThe Gemini AgentThe Assassination Game) • Into DarknessThe Unsettling StarsMore Beautiful Than Death
video games Delta Vega: Meltdown on the Ice PlanetAcademy TrainerCadet Training FacilityD-A-CRace to DestinyThe Mobile GameStar TrekRivalsDark Remnant
board games Expeditions live-action shorts Transporter CommercialBrilliant Enterprise CommercialCollision insurance commercialBold Explorers
websites Starfleet ShipyardDossiersExperience The Enterprise apps Star Trek App
prequels in original timeline Countdown (1234)

Timeline[]

Published Order
Previous comic:
Boldly Go, Issue 2
TOS comics
Boldly Go
Next comic:
Boldly Go, Issue 4
Previous story:
Boldly Go, Issue 2
Stories by:
Mike Johnson
Next story:
Stranger Worlds, Issue 1
Chronological Order
Previous adventure:
Boldly Go, Issue 2
Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
Boldly Go, Issue 4

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